Surviving another week on “Nashville Star”
Former Cushing resident Tommy Stanley found out at the beginning of “Nashville Star” last Monday that he was up for elimination.
Was he worried? Yes. Did he let that get him down? No.
“I kept my hopes up by watching the crowd and seeing all my friends (the other Top 10 finalists) perform,” Stanley said Friday during his weekly press interview. “If I would have gone home on Monday, I would have gone out with a bang. I will always do my best like it’s my last night.”
After being singled out at the start of Monday’s country music competition on NBC, Stanley (standing next to Billy Ray Cyrus in NBC Photo above) had to watch almost the entire two-hour telecast from the contestants’ balcony. Every commercial, the TV cameras would zoom in on him and the others who had not yet learned if they would be up for elimination.
More than 3 million viewers were also watching the show, which featured the Top 10 finalists giving popular pop songs a country twist.
When Stanley did take the stage, he performed “Manaic” from the movie “Flashdance.” The judges said it didn’t sound very country.
“It is a very hard song to change into country, and that was the biggest risk of doing that song,” Stanley said. “But it’s such a pretty song if slowed down, and I though it really worked out.”
Things did work out for Stanley, who received enough votes from viewers to survive another week and keep his dreams alive on becoming the next “Nashville Star.” But another elimination looms for the final nine performers on Monday (8 p.m. on NBC), and Stanley is going to do his best to make sure he’s not singled out again.
“From here on out, I’m going to go back to my roots and show everybody that I am country to the bone,” he said. “There will be a huge change in what the judges say about my performances, and I think I will be in a safe position Monday after my performance.
“At least I’m hoping.”
–Penny TV
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